SHOW US THE LOVE
There’s so much to love about Colorado, it’s hard to know which corner to blow a kiss to first.
So we’re calling on you romantics for help.
What do you love most about Colorado? Where’s the best place for a romantic weekend away? A top spot to pop the question? An achingly beautiful view? The sweetest person around?
Send some of your top Colorado Valentine ideas – and publishable photos, if you have them – to ColoradoSunday@denverpost.com and we’ll put them all together in a mash note – postmarked in Loveland, of course – and deliver it the following Sunday.
TODAY
Football comes first
Super Bowl XL
On your television
Apparently, no one is even trying to compete with the big game today. So let’s just move on.
MONDAY – Titan rocket anniversary | Lockheed Martin Astronautics and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science team up to celebrate the anniversary and history of the Titan rocket, including IMAX film footage of a Titan IV launch, and stories and memories from Coloradans who helped design and build the rocket. 7 p.m. $12 museum members; $15 nonmembers; $5 children. | Phipps IMAX Theater, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver | 303-322-7009; dmns.org
MONDAY – Shimon Samuels | Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center of Europe gives Holocaust Awareness Week keynote speech. 7 p.m. Free. | Glenn Miller Ballroom, University Memorial Center, University of Colorado, Boulder | 303-777-2773
TUESDAY – Opera 101: The Ballad of Baby Doe | Learn about the opera commissioned by the Central City Opera in 1956. Free. | Denver Public Library Central Branch, Broadway and 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver | operacolorado.org
WEDNESDAY – Black History Month | Experience the stories, hear the songs and feel the rhythm of the spirit behind the civil rights movement in performances by Grand Design, drummer Kusogea Nobi and storyteller Lois Burrell. Noon. Free. | Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora | colofolkarts.org; 303-739-1970
WEDNESDAY – The Rev. Al Sharpton | One of the nation’s most powerful political orators discusses racism and politics in America in a free Black History Month event. 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. | Glenn Miller Ballroom, University Memorial Center, University of Colorado, Boulder | colorado.edu/studentgroups/ceb; 303-492-3227
THURSDAY – Touching Tomorrow: The Emily Griffith Story | Author and historian Debra Faulkner brings Emily Griffith’s history to life. 1 p.m. $5. Box lunch available for $6 (order in advance) | Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, Denver | 303-866-4686
THURSDAY – What planets are and how they form | Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute discusses how the planets in our solar system formed. $6 adults; $5 students; $3.50 kids and seniors. Students with CU, community college or high school ID get in free. 7 p.m. Program repeats on Friday. | Fiske Planetarium, Regent Drive, University of Colorado, Boulder | 303-492-5001; fiske.colorado.edu
FRIDAY – Denver golf expo | Trade show and more for deal- driven golfers, including free swing lessons from the Colorado section of the PGA. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. $8 adults; $6 seniors; $3 under 16. | Denver Merchandise Mart, East 58th Avenue and Interstate 25, Denver | denvergolfexpo.com
FRIDAY – Mancos Mush | The first stage of the three-stage dog sled race benefiting the Adaptive Sports Association of Durango pushes off at 8 a.m. The race concludes Feb. 12 in Silverton.| sanjuanstagestop.com
FRIDAY – Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival | Festivities celebrating the area’s Western heritage and winter sports tradition run through Feb. 12 | Steamboat Springs | steamboatchamber.com
